Table of Contents


Vocabulary:


Coral reef:A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
Atoll:A ring shaped coral island found far from land.

Outline


  • living coral
    • algae
    • sack with tenticals
  • how coral reefs form
    • calcite skeletons
    • fringing reefs
    • barrier reefs
    • atolls
  • limestone deposits from coral reefs
    • coral buried by sediment

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